| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (2000-02-06)February 6, 2000 (age 25)[2] Nagoya, Japan |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kento Kobune SB KENTo SBK |
| Billed height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
| Billed weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
| Debut | 2019 |
Kento Kobune (小船健人,Kobune Kento), better known by hisring nameSB KENTo, is a Japaneseprofessional wrestler currently signed both Japanese promotionGLEAT and Mexican promotionLucha Libre AAA Worldwide, he also performedIndependent circuit. he is best known for tenure inDragongate. He was a formerOpen the Brave Gate Champion andOpen the Twin Gate Champion.[3]
Kobune made hisprofessional wrestling debut atDragongate PRIME ZONE Vol. 76 on April 16, 2019, where he went into atime-limit draw against Taketo Kamei in anexhibition match.[4] He made his first appearance in an official match hosted by thepromotion atFantastic Gate 2019 on December 22 where he teamed up withNaruki Doi to defeat Taketo Kamei andYamato.[5]
At theDG Truth Gate 2021 on February 26, Kobune participated in a12-man Royal Sambo battle royal also involving the winnerStalker Ichikawa,Super Shisa,Yasushi Kanda,Yosuke Santa Maria and others.[6] On the evening show of the eleventh night of the2021 Open The New Year Gate on January 31, he teamed up with fellowR.E.D. stablematesBxB Hulk,Kaito Ishida and HipHop Kikuta to defeat Masquerade (Jason Lee,Kota Minoura, La Estrella andShun Skywalker) in aneight-man tag team match.[7] AtThe Gate Of Adventure 2021 on August 8, Kobune defeatedKagetora to win theOpen the Brave Gate Championship.[8]
Kobune is known for his work towards various signature events of the promotion. One of them is theGate of Destiny, making his first appearance at the2020 edition on November 3, where he teamed up withMadoka Kikuta andTaketo Kamei to defeat Team Toryumon (Masato Yoshino,Último Dragón andYasushi Kanda) in asix-man tag team match. Kobune won theOpen the Triangle Gate Championship by teaming up withKazma Sakamoto andTakashi Yoshida the same night as they defeatedNaruki Doi,Punch Tominaga andRyotsu Shimizu to win the vacant titles. It was later revealed that Kobune,Sakamoto andYoshida have joined theR.E.D. stable and went as a sub-group ever since.[9]
Another event in which he participated was theKing of Gate 2021 where he placed himself in the Block B which he won by scoring a total of six points after competing againstDragon Kid,Eita, Jason Lee,Susumu Yokosuka andKzy. He then fell short toKzy in the semi-finals after the latter won a second chance battle royal.[10]
Following a suspected breach of contract, Kobune and fellow rookie Takuma Fujiwara were terminated from their Dragongate contracts "with their consent". There were, according to the statement as written by Dragongate management, unsuccessful efforts to "find a mutually satisfactory path" towards resolving the conflict.[11]
| Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Kid (mask) | S. B. Kento (hair) | Aichi, Japan | Dead or Alive 2021 | May 5, 2021 | [Note 1] |
